Depression: ‘I just wanted to disintegrate’
College voices: Emily Persaud wants to shine some light on mental health issues
Doctor’s orders
Liz Miller was a successful surgeon when depression hit. Now the Mind Champion of the Year wants the medical profession to take mental health seriously. By Mary O'Hara
Doctor, doctor
Dr Tom Smith answers your questions
The kindness of strangers
After more than 20 years with depression, Zoe Lewis thought she would simply have to put up with her illness. But a friend persuaded her to try group therapy. What happened next changed her life
My private hell
She was a young, successful writer with a flourishing career and a new baby. So why did she come within moments of throwing herself from a train? Stephanie Merritt describes the crisis that almost claimed her life
Looking at Mount Fuji ‘can cure depression’
Simply staring at a photograph of Japan's highest peak is enough to lift depression, claims photographer
‘I felt completely out of control’
One in 10 pregnant women develop some form of mental disturbance - from anxiety, irritability and sadness to obsessive compulsive disorder, agoraphobia and thoughts of suicide. At last, says Lucy Atkins, prenatal depression is being taken seriously
A different shade of blue
Nick Johnstone: When doctors diagnose a bad patch as clinical depression, there are serious human costs
Depression is over-diagnosed, psychiatrist claims
Too many people are being diagnosed with depression when they are merely unhappy, according to professor.